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August 23, 2016 By Jenna 19 Comments

A Simple Blue Accent Wall for the Circus

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Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

As you know, my in-laws moved into our Beloved Foreclosure after we moved into the 70’s Landing Pad. The Circus of course got a new room here, but she also got to keep her old room at our old house. So now, the child has two rooms of her own literally within walking distance. As if she wasn’t already planning for the global shutdown of Toys ‘R Us, she now has two rooms that she can fill with stacks and stacks of toys.

While the Circus’ wanted to paint her entire old room blue, her Gaia (Grandma) and I weren’t too sure about that. So instead, we picked out three blue colors that worked well with the gray we were painting in the rest of the room and let her choose which blue color from those.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

And I have to say, she did a pretty good job choosing a blue.

This is a really simple project and a great way to add a little dose of color to a room – especially when you have a kid that would paint her entire room an electric blue if you’d let her. 😉

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by FrogTape, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links may be contained in this post.

Tools & Supplies

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

  • FrogTape – I used both the green Multi-Surface and Delicate Surface because I had to tape some walls that were freshly painted.
  • Good Paintbrush
  • Paint Tray & Roller
  • Accent Wall Color (She chose Boat House.)
  • Main Wall Color (only necessary if you want to give the rest of the room a fresh coat of paint, which this room desperately needed. We used Dolphin Fin.)

Steps

Step 1.

Prep all your walls by filling any nail holes with spackling. If you’ve got some areas with dust on the walls, wipe them down with a wet cloth or Swiffer cloth.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

You can see where we spackled holes in the photo above. Before painting the walls, we also gave the baseboards a fresh coat of paint as well as the newly added crown moulding. If you need to touch up that trim, now is a good time to do it. We didn’t tape it off since we knew we were painting the walls.

Step 2.

Use FrogTape Multi-Surface to tape off the trim anywhere you will be painting.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

We started by painting the main wall color, the gray Dolphin Fin color, onto all the walls with the exception of the wall that would get the blue.

When I tape trim, I like to use the widest FrogTape and leave the outer part of the tape (the tape not closet to the wall) not taped down. So, I just firmly apply it right along the top of the baseboard and edges of the trim, but leave the outer half kind of standing up. Does that make sense? You should be able to see what I’m talking about in the picture above. I’ve found that this gives a little extra paint splatter protection.

Step 3.

Start painting. Do your edging first.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

Come back and roll on your paint.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

Step 4.

As soon as you’ve painted your last coat on, remove the FrogTape.

Remove the FrogTape. Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

Let the walls dry for at least 24 hours before doing your accent wall.

Step 5.

For the accent wall, once more tape off the trim first. Use FrogTape Delicate Surface along the edges, right in the corner, where the accent wall will meet the other walls.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

You want to use the Delicate Surface FrogTape because of how fresh the paint on the other walls are.

Firmly press the FrogTape down along the edges with your fingers.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

This helps to ensure that there isn’t any paint bleed.

Step 6.

Paint your accent color on the wall.

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

Once again, edge first and then come back with the roller.

And again, after painting your final coat of paint, remove the FrogTape.

Remove the FrogTape. Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

Stand back and give yourself a high five. 🙂

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

Seriously, how cute it that room?!

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

The Circus came to me after she saw it for the first time and said, “Thank you for painting my wall blue, Mama. It’s the perfect blue ever.” #notkidding

Tutorial for a Simple Blue Accent Wall using Behr's Boat House - great idea for adding a little color to a room!

It’s also just enough blue for all of us not to have our hearts shocked back into rhythm when we walk in the room.

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  1. Randi says

    August 23, 2016 at 8:24 am

    Very cute room! And that sure is a pretty shade of blue!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 23, 2016 at 8:46 am

      Thanks, Randi! I think it’s a cute room too – she really loves it. I like the blue too!

      Reply
  2. Lisa A. says

    August 23, 2016 at 9:10 am

    So sweet she has her grandparents in walking distance now and her own blue room there. Lucky little circus…..

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 23, 2016 at 11:48 am

      She is one lucky girl, Lisa! Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Paula says

    August 23, 2016 at 9:50 am

    Circus is a very lucky little girl who has good taste!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 23, 2016 at 11:48 am

      We think so too. 🙂 Thanks, Paula!

      Reply
  4. Dad says

    August 23, 2016 at 10:48 am

    Perhaps she is like her Granddaddy & likes the color Blue. Looks like one of the shades you had was what I call Ford Blue, which is my favorite. Tell her Granddaddy & Ta Ta will have Blue room just for her when she comes over to spend overnight, week, etc.

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 23, 2016 at 2:42 pm

      Will do, Dad!

      Reply
    • Suzanne Melton says

      August 24, 2016 at 10:47 pm

      I am so glad to see you posting!

      Reply
  5. Pam S says

    August 23, 2016 at 2:03 pm

    Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle. It IS the perfect blue ever! I suspect she is a clone of her Mother!(?)!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 23, 2016 at 2:40 pm

      Isn’t it though?! Oh heavens, don’t say she’s a clone of me, Pam! We’ll all be in trouble!

      Reply
  6. Sara says

    August 23, 2016 at 4:18 pm

    Love the blue, and also the gray walls, nice!!!!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 26, 2016 at 10:20 am

      Thanks so much, Sara! I think it turned out to be a pretty good combination as well!

      Reply
  7. KitsyKeelSmith says

    August 23, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    Oh how I wish I was a smart as you. When my son John wanted his room painted many years ago, he wanted blue also, but a very dark navy. It was horrid, but he loved it. It could have worked for me if I had thought to paint the other three walls a more neutral color. I love Circus’ reaction and she did pick a pretty blue.

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 31, 2016 at 6:19 am

      Oh trust me, Kitsy – I’ve been there! I was the one who thought painting the entire room one color would work well though – I was wrong!

      Reply
  8. Marcy hershberger says

    August 25, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    Did u use a flat or satin paint for the accent wall?

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 26, 2016 at 10:17 am

      We did satin, Marcy!

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  9. Brigitte says

    August 27, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    I love it! The Circus is quite the decorator! 🙂

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 31, 2016 at 6:04 am

      She is definitely beginning to speak her mind when it comes to stuff like this! 🙂

      Reply

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